Rotorua newcomer Monica Li has taken her family on their first fishing adventure since moving to New Zealand.
Eight immigrants took part in the U&I Learn Trout Fishing event in Ngongotaha yesterday, which was organised by the Rotorua Multicultural Council and Volunteer New Zealand.
Mrs Li and her son Andrew Li, 12, were taught how to catch, gut and smoke a fish yesterday, while husband Yongjun Li supported the pair.
"This is my first time fishing in New Zealand," she said. "It is the first time fishing for my son Andrew as well, and the first time we have caught a fish."
The adults did their fishing at the Ngongotaha Stream yesterday, while the children went to the Ngongotaha Trout Hatchery on Paradise Valley Rd.